Suspenders.



No. 755,543. PATENTED MAR. zz, 1904. f J. PUSEY. 4

SUSPBNDBRS.

' APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18. 1903.

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CHARLES D. WILLIAMS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,543, dated March 22, 1904.

Application filed Tune 16, 1903. Serial No. 161,648. (No model.)

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Beitlmown that I, JOSHUA PUsEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lima, in the county of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspenders, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure l is an elevation showing the device in the normal position when in use. Fig. 2 is a section on line a e, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a section on line b, Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the position given to the parts in casting off.7

The object of this invention is to provide an improved attachment or cast-off for suspenders, which shall be simple, durable, and whose members are adapted to be readily and q uickly connected and disconnected and not liable to become accidentally disconnected.

The leading feature of the invention comprises a button or stud having an enlarged head, which stud is adapted to be fastened to one part of the Suspenders, preferably to the trousers straps or connections, and a plate adapted to be fastened to the other part of the Suspenders, as the usual elastic webbing, and having an oblique slot adapted to receive the shank of said stud, and which slot has an enlargement at its outer end to allow the passage of the head of the stud, the construction being such, as hereinafter described, that when the stud is entered into said enlargement it may be slid to the bottom of said oblique slot, or caused so to slide, by the stress of the elastic webbing, the head of the stud projecting over the margins of the slot, and when the said plate is brought around from the normal or Vertical position to a substantially horizontal position and drawn sidewise the stud may be brought opposite to said enlarged end of the slot and then disconnected from said plate, all as hereinafter described.

Other features of the invention relate, respectively, to means for insuring the ready escape of the stud from the said slot and enlargement and means for preventing the accidental escape of the stud from the latter.

rlhe precise nature of the invention will appear from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

Referring now to said drawings, which illustrate that form and construction of the invention which appears to be the most desirable, 1 is a stud having an enlarged head Q.

3 is a plate of suitable metal having an oblique slot 4 with an enlargement 5 at its outer end of somewhat greater diameter than the head of said stud, or, preferably, there are two similar convergent slots, as shown, forming a continuous curvilinear or approximately V-shaped slot with the enlargement 5 at each of the outer ends thereof. l

The plate member of the device is adapted to be secured to the usual elastic webbing 6 of a suspender-as, for example, by means of a slot 7, through which the webbing is passedi and the stud member is adapted to be fastened (in the present instance riveted) to the usual straps or connections 8, that are buttoned or otherwise fastened to the trousers 9.

In using the device when applied to the suspender parts as mentioned the straps 8 are held in one hand and the elastic webbing and plate are carried into position by the other hand to cause the head of the stud to enter the enlargement 5. On releasing the webbing the shank of the stud will slide down to the bottom of the slotwthat is, will occupy the position shown in Fig. l.

When it is required to disconnect or cast off the parts, the webbing and plate 3 are drawn laterally by the hand or swung in the arc of a circle, or thereabout, to carry the same from the position of Fig. 1 to that of Fig. 4, thus bringing the slot 4-.that is, in the present instance the part of the V-shaped slot on that side-to a substantially horizontal plane, and the enlargement 5 opposite to the head of the stud l, as seen in Fig. 4, thus permitting the stud to pass from said enlargement. When the latter comes opposite the head of the stud, the head will (in the absence of means to prevent it) be apt to project beyond and catch on the margin of the enlargement, thus necessitating manipulation to bring the latter and the head of the stud into accurate registry in order to disconnect the same. To obviate this, I turn up around a part of the enlargement 5 a flange l0, which flange is preferably inclined inwardly, as more clearly seen in Fig. 3. Thus when the stud passes beyond the slot proper of plate 3 its head, impinging against ange l0, is entirely free to escape from the enlargement 5. The inclination of the ange tends to cause the stud to be thrown out of the enlargement automatically-that is, it prevents the edge of the head from catching on the ange through the stress of the elastic webbing. The height of said iiange above the surface of the plate with relation to the length of the shank of the stud should be such, as seen in Fig. 2, that the head of the latter cannot project above the flange.

In order to prevent liability of accidental escape of the stud from the slot L-as, for eX- ample, when the wearer of the suspenders bends forward and the strain of the webbing becomes released-I employ a yielding frictional device-as, for example, a suitable spring ll-adapted to bear against the head 2 when the stud is at the bottom of the slotli, or thereabout. Such spring may be secured to or be an integral part of the plate 3. In the construction shown in the drawings said spring is formed by bending outwardly a part of the wall of the slot, so as to bear against the under side of the head 2, as seen in Fig. 2. By cutting away a part of the plate 3 back of the said margin or throwing out said margin the stress or resistance of the spring may be made as desired-that is, the width and consequent yielding quality of the spring may be made as required.

It is not essential that the spring shall continually press against the studthat is, press against it when at the bottom of the slot. The location of the spring may beat any point along the length of the slot 4, so that the stud in passing into and out oi' the slot will depress the spring or push it aside.

Instead of securing the stud to the straps 8 and the plate to the webbing 6 the latter may be attached to said straps and the former to the webbing. This reversal of these parts is, however, not recommended, as it renders their disconnection less convenient than when arranged as shown in the drawings.

It will be seen that in the form of the invention shown in the drawings the cast oif may be effected by suitably drawing the suspender-webbing either to the rightpr to the left, as may be most convenient.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. rIhe combination with suspenders having the usual web portion, and the strap portion adapted to be secured to the trousers, of thc stud secured to said strap portion and having the enlargement on its free end, andthe plate secured to said web portion and having the oblique slot adapted to receive the shank of said stud; 'said slot having an enlargement at its upper end for the passage of said enlargement of the stud, all constructed andl adapted to operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination with suspenders having the usual web portion, and the strap portion adapted to be secured to the trousers, of the stud secured to said strap portion and having the enlargement on its free end, and the plate secured to said web portion and having an oblique slot adapted to receive the shank of said stud; said slot having an enlargement at its upper end for the passage of said enlargement of the stud, together with aspring adapted to prevent the accidental escape of the latter through said enlargement o f the slot, all constructed and adapted to operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The cast-oif device for suspenders comprising the stud, having the enlarged head and adapted to be attached to one part of the suspenders, and the plate adapted to be attached to the other part of the suspenders, and having an oblique slot adapted to receive the shank of said stud, with an enlargement at its outer end for the passage of the head of said shank, together with the upturned flange around a portion of said enlargement, the height of said flange above the surface of said plate being greater than the length of the shank of the stud, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The cast-ofi. device for suspenders, comprisin g as one member thereof, the stud adapted to be secured to one part of the suspenders, and as the other member a plate adapted to be secured to the other part of the suspenders, and having the slot adapted to receive the shank of said stud, with the enlargement at its outer end for the passage of the head of the stud, together with the upturned inwardly-inclined flange around a portion o f said enlargement, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The cast-o device for suspenders comprising the stud, adapted to be secured to one part of the su penders, and having the enlarged head, and the plate adapted to be secured to the other part of the suspenders, and having the approximatelyV-shapedslot adaptedto receive the shank of said stud, with enlargements at the outer ends of said slot for the passage of the head of the stud, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The cast-off device for suspenders comprising the stud, adapted to be secured to one part of the suspenders, and having the enlarged head, and the plate adapted to be secured to the other part of the suspenders, and having the approximately V-shaped slotadapted to receive IOO IIO

the shank of said stud, with enlargements at In testimony whereofhzwe hereunto affixed its outer ends or the baslage of the 1head of my signature this 19th day of May, A. lD. 1903. the stud, toget 1er Wti t e upturnec flange l around a portion of said enlargements, and the JOSHUA PUISEY spring integral With said plate, for preventing Witnesses:

the accidental disengagement of the stud from ANDREW V. GROUPE,

said slot, substantially as set forth. WALTER C. PUsEY. 

